Show greatest of hun crimes that destruction wrought in france and belgium by german armies was deliberate and unjustified by military necessity has accumulated since the signing of the armistice ac cording to a statement given out by the national committee ot the united states for the restoration of the 1 arary at louvain col william barclay pardons subway builder who commanded the eleventh engineers the regiment that went to aid with picks and shovels when the wie driving at the channel ports in a letter to the executive committee of which echolas butler president of columbia university Is chairman called the destruction of the lou vain library with its precious treasures the greatest of crimes in belgium noted europeans were quoted as sharing similar views |